News of the Week
UFO lands in Congo, turns out to be an Internet provider balloon
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-congo-balloon/ufo-in-congo-jungle-turns-out-to-be-internet-balloon-idUSKBN25L2GU
Iran cuts water to Kurdish Iraq areas
http://www.basnews.com/en/babat/627754
Woman sues husband to stop his medically assisted death
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-medical-assistance-in-dying-supreme-court-injunction-1.5691456
Raging asshole puts metal shards in Babyfood for a blackmail scheme
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-53849726
Peace breaks out in Libya
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53863627
The UK is training the wrong militaries
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-military-training-china-afghanistan-israel-iraq-human-rights-abusers-list-a9690206.html?__twitter_impression=true
I hate this new editor
I can’t post anything like I could a few weeks ago, so I think this blog is dead. If the site goes back to a simple way to publish I might check back in. What the hell are BLOCKS!!!!???? It’s not a thing in writing.
All The Week’s News
http://www.thebristolbaytimes.com/article/2032banana_slugs_ooze_over_much_of_coastal_alaska
Now that’s a facemask
https://www.boredpanda.com/leather-facehugger-mask-alien/?media_id=leather-facehugger-mask-alien-1-5f29598ee04ab__700
London cops just smash the windows if people leave a dog in their cars
http://camdennewjournal.com/article/police-save-hot-dog
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Armed robbery of lemon-aide stand in Peoria
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20200810/peoria-lemonade-stand-robbery-teachable-moment-for-bad-and-also-for-good
Legal battle, Pear vs Apple
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53740820
Turkey’s economy crashes
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1718666/business-economy
Cardboard recycling theives making $Millions
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53724620
Solar Panels that produce 1/3rd more power
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/aug/15/uk-firms-solar-power-breakthrough-could-make-worlds-most-efficient-panels-by-2021?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Tweet
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The New Zeland Wizard has NOT retired
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/new-zealand-wizard-insists-reports-of-his-retirement-have-been-greatly-exaggerated-1.5685059
Canada wants US the border to stay closed
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53742684
The Weekend’s Music
Pipeline funk
Dirty Projectors
Jade Bird
The Cooties
Black Tones
Bastille
SebastiAn
City-scapes By Atelier Olschinsky
https://www.behance.net/gallery/101791645/ED-20-V?tracking_source=best_of_behance
New News
Detroit man takes bet to swim across 7 foot deep pond and drowns
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2020/08/01/father-drowns-van-buren-twp-pond-after-alleged-bet/5562466002/
UK man burns down flat trying to propose to girlfriend
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-53678828
Canada’s last ice shelf collapses
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-canada/canadas-last-fully-intact-arctic-ice-shelf-collapses-idUSKCN2523JH
Stranded Japanese ship near South Africa starts leaking oil
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53702877
Illustrations By Kathe Butcher
Lyrical Illustrations by Käthe Butcher Explore Femininity, Emotion, and Human Intimacy
Bit Of News
Senate de-funds Stars and Stipes news
https://www.stripes.com/senate-passes-defense-bill-without-funding-for-stars-and-stripes-1.638750
Texas implements Death Panels because COVID-19 is out of control
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/coronavirus/article244443257.html
Russia sent mercenaries to Belarus to destabilize the country before elections
https://news.yahoo.com/belarus-detains-russia-wagner-mercenaries-ahead-tense-vote-172837583.html
Canada’s new Arctic war ship enters service (America has NONE)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-canadian-navy-enters-new-era-by-welcoming-long-awaited-arctic-warship/
Michigan parents allow kids to access their gun, 4yo shoots sister
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2020/08/02/redford-parents-charged-nonfatal-shooting-5-year-old-daughter/5566797002/
The Week’s News
Rodents and Cockroaches moving into the Inland Empire, California
Rodents, roaches, no hot water: Restaurant closures in the Inland Empire, July 10-16
Disneyland’s 1955 Opening Day disaster
https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/Black-Sunday-Remembering-Disneyland-s-15410291.php#photo-8302441
Jordan finally taxing the rich, and they don’t like it
https://www.occrp.org/en/37-ccblog/ccblog/12775-cash-strapped-jordan-targets-premium-tax-evaders
25 Million Iranians have COVID-19
https://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2020/Jul-18/509150-rouhani-25m-iranians-infected-with-covid-19.ashx
China Flooding
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-07/18/c_139222757.htm
Detroit man violates probation, turns himself in and brings doughnuts
Metro Detroit Man Who Taunted Police On Facebook Turns Self In, Brings Donuts
Distant solar system photographed for the first time
https://www.livescience.com/multiplanet-system-sun-like-star-first-photo.html
Digital Art By The Flood
https://www.behance.net/gallery/99864017/The-flood-Digital-paintings?tracking_source=best_of_behance
Nako River Wetland Park China (Photos)
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-07/18/c_139222778_4.htm
The Week’s News
Oregon man steals a car and crashes onto a woman, also in a stolen car.
https://nypost.com/2020/07/08/oregon-man-driving-stolen-car-crashes-into-woman-driving-another-stolen-car/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&__twitter_impression=true
First Trans SI Swimsuit model
https://www.vogue.com/article/valentina-sampaio-becomes-sports-illustrated-first-trans-model?utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social&mbid=social_twitter&utm_source=twitter&utm_brand=vogue
Chinese bus driver crashes bus into reservoir after government demolishes his house
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3092867/fatal-china-bus-crash-deliberate-act-revenge-driver-police-say
UK will dismantle 5G infrastructure. It will cost $2 billion.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53403793
Cairo pipeline catches fire
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/374480/Egypt/Politics-/Oil-pipeline-catches-fire-near-CairoIsmailiya-high.aspx
Go-Pro for insects
GoPro for Beetles: Robotic Camera Backpack Developed for Insects and Tiny Robots
Orb Installation In Taiwan Forest
Airy, Wooden Orb Inlaid with LED Lights Radiates Throughout a Dim Forest in Taiwan
Chicago Photos And A Mural In France
Photos From Around Chicago, for Charity
Eighty-Four Photographers Band Together to Raise Money for Greater Chicago Food Depository
Present Mural By Leon Keer
A 3D Mural by Artist Leon Keer Wraps a French Housing Complex Like a Gift
Tuesday News
Alaska man steals firetruck and drives it to a Bar
http://www.thebristolbaytimes.com/article/2027fisherman_steals_king_salmon_fire_truck
China forcing sterilization and birth contol on Uighurs
https://apnews.com/269b3de1af34e17c1941a514f78d764c?utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow
Yeay! Black Plague (don’t eat Rodents!!)
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/07/02/mongolia-quarantines-russian-border-region-over-bubonic-plague-suspicion-a70756
Drunk teen runs car into Pub hours before it was set to repoen
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-53290575
Brain-Eating Amoebas found at Florida Beaches
https://www.thedailybeast.com/deadly-brain-eating-amoeba-confirmed-in-florida?via=twitter_page
Fashion by Nguyễn Hưng
https://www.behance.net/gallery/99861853/CULTURE-ELECTRIC?tracking_source=best_of_behance
News Of The Week
Drunk Chesterfield VA man rides Lawn Mower into Grocery Store
https://wjla.com/news/local/dui-lawnmower-grocerystore-chesterfield
Iraq is getting tired of Irans’ militias
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/372990/World/Region/Iraqi-forces-raid-Iranbacked-militia-base-in-Baghd.aspx
Sink hole reveals a large cave in South Dakota
https://www.boredpanda.com/sinkhole-south-dakota-black-hawk-old-gypsum-mine/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic
Boston analyzes wastewater to catch CORONA-Virus surge
Wastewater lab signs on to analyze Massachusetts sewage for coronavirus surge
The Finland PM did not bash Trump, though I wish she had
https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/news-in-brief/17808-finnish-embassy-in-the-us-rebukes-viral-claims-that-pm-sanna-marin-insulted-trump.html
Water Dance By Marta Syrko
https://www.behance.net/gallery/99382187/underwater-dance?tracking_source=best_of_behance
Water Lily Harvest in Vietnam
Vivid Photographs by Trung Huy Pham Capture Annual Water Lily Harvest in Vietnam
US Vs UK Refugee Chess Challenge
https://mailchi.mp/5469e1064e06/watch-battle-of-the-prodigies-tomorrow
More News
Fargo man dies in Grain Bin when Canola smothers him. Loals can-ola guess why he was in there
https://www.valleynewslive.com/content/news/Sheriff-Man-in-his-50s-dies–571290701.html
New York Metro using UV light to disinfect trains
https://www.cnet.com/health/new-york-mta-is-battling-covid-19-with-uv-lights-and-infrared-sensors/
Ethiopia will fill their Dam without a deal with Egypt
AP Interview: Ethiopia to fill disputed dam, deal or no deal
International Drug-Ring run out of Federal prison in Michigan
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/06/22/feds-upper-peninsula-raid-linked-international-prison-drug-ring/3205623001/
